Opinion | Ben Crump: President Trump's administration delayed putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. If she were white, would it take so long? - NBCNewsTHINK
He could rise above the racism that is rearing its ugly head in society today, and learn from the lessons of our painful, ugly past. There could be no better time than the present for Tubman to be prominently displayed on our currency; she could serve as a beacon of hope and healing, much as she was before the Civil War.
Tubman was originally slated to be on the $10 bill to replace former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. But the smash hit Broadway musical"Hamilton," coupled with an online public campaign against the change, put an end to that plan. From it, though, emerged an even better plan.said Hamilton should stay on the $10 bill — but they mobilized 600,000 voters to nominate Tubman for the $20 bill.
Yet the design process seems to be stuck; no official designs have been approved by Mnuchin's office, a necessary step before the currency can go into circulation. I have to ask, if Tubman were a white abolitionist, would things be taking so long?
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